Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-01-18
THE REAL REMEDY.

'ln the first place the compulsory educa.
ton law should be enlarged. It Is not q
shame and disgrace that the Empire state
OF New York, as It proudly styles itself,
should demand OF its children under tour
teen years no more than fourteen weeks of
schooling In year? Any child, even a
child over eight years and upward, Is excused
from any further attempt al edu alton if it
can show that it has attended school Tor four.
teen weeks In the year. The law must be 90
changed as TO require that children under
fourteen should attend school during the en-
tire year tor every day OF the school year from
Its beginning to Its end. We must keep ding.
ing 1t into the public ear until II receives the
attention which Is lis due. As the aooll ton IL
tired ont their enemies with the words OF the
scripture, Thus saith the Lord, let my peo.
pie go Free so we must say, Let the little
people go free Let the little factory slaves
be emancipated from the bonds OF Ignorance,
which Is the worst kind ityTanuy--a tyranny
in the soul itself
"Proyision must be made to enforce the
law which excludes young children from the
factories. But this ls not enough. II the state
UNDERTAKES TO prohibit children from engag-
ing in Industrial labor and Compels them 10
60 to school IL must see to It that thew re.
celve the proper Kind OF education while
they are at school
"hsnual training is recommended bacause
II Is an lntegra! part of elementary education
and is htted tor both rich and poor. II there
n
a cocaine land, all ladies and gentlemen at
leisure, the training OF the hand would still
De great blessing as a means OF training the
mind. Trades ought not 10 be taught In the
public schools. That would be curse |
want TO make q vast distinction between In.
dustrial training aud a system Of teaching
trades, which would simply tie a child down
IN advance TO some particular occupation.
Instead OF asking child to observe an ob.
!ect SIMPLY Tor the education conveyed by
WORK: II is an excellent auxiliary TO the
leachlng OF mathematics. II Is OF the utmost
value In the teaching OF elementary physic.
IL Is an Indispensable supplement 10 in struc.
tlon In drawing 1t Is OF the greatest use I'm
the moral training OF children, educating
them IN seIfhelp, giving them an indepepd.
ent, manly attitude aud training them To
take pride and pleasure in their work
" II, therefore, we insist that no children
under fourteen years of age should Ds al.
lowed to engage 10 labor whereby they are
degraded In the factories aud the work shops
we should give them that elaborate training
In the use OF tools whereby they are uplifted,
whereby their whole class will by uplifted,
whereby they shall be enabled 10 solve the
problems OF existence on higher plan.
REPRoAcH TO CIVILIZATION.
81 have lately visited factories where hun.
dreds OF young girls, all ABOVE the legal age.
worked. cannot forget the impression left
upon my mind by the type OF faces which l
saw there. 1t is a type that may be called
the factory face. You may Distinguish It by
its whlteness. 1t seems as II the shadow ot
the grave or the blight OF some lsprosy had
spread over their faces ] cannot remember
oil having seen one fresh and blooming face
among them all. If this il the ell oct on
children VINO are above the legal age, what
must 1t be on those who are under tho sgef
"Oh, religion religion what ia iI worth
II II does not enter into the life? oh, gospel
OF the meek and lovIy Jesus, art thou for.